Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-14
HISTORY on VRElk.

Cal1e0 IrOm1E AT d41l1G ArOUQ0 the Inland
Ct ssFierre.the galsnged insall itsSfury
back Of Langley island, near st PierrA and
as no trace Of her crew has as yet been
found, It is feared that they must have all
met With 81 watery grave. One hundred
thousanddol lars will not cover the extent
Of damage to property sustained bysNew
during the storm. Many went forth ia the
tnorni4g and we're swallowedRup IN the pitt
less stoxm QFdriven to,sea to die spf starva-
tlon. Nor are the south and west portion OF
the coast the only Places that have uttered.
a telegranastoada from Tilt Cove gives the
states that from the places so far heard from
as many as 10 schooners have been lost, but
fortunately no lives. @ =.
The Farmers Review of Chicago
gives the following for the current week:
The reports of our correspondents indicate
that in several of the corn states tho corn
crop has been more benefited by the late
Missouri, Indiana and Dakota reports low
er percentage Of condition than Slastsweek.
The reportssby states on percentage I con-
dltlon OF corn crop, as compared with an
average crop, are as follows: Seventeen
Aiilnols counties report an average of 55.5;
nine Indian counties sos: nineteen Iowa
counties a.; seven Kansas countiess 6l.4 ;
eight entucky countless 81; eight Minneso-.
ia counties 91,S; thirteen Missouri counties
66.4; six Nebraska counties S33; sixteen
Ohio counties 10.1, and twelve Dakotascoun.
ties 100. IS
Fairmodnt, Indiana, is 4 temperance
town Of the most Pronounced typo. Six
weeks ago J. Smith had arranged tor the
opening of the first saloon ever started in
the town. a citizens' meeting was held in
one of the churches, vigilance committee
appointed, and the next night the saloon
vas blown up by a. charge of dynamite.
Smith started So rebuild, and the new
STRUCTURE was ready Sfor the roof At /
s SSloc an on mt the morning of the srd mob Ct
ing with picks and axes and reduced it to
tkindling- wood, and the dismantled walls,
floors, and timbers were piled upon the
street: Nine-tenths of the people Of Fair
mount are opposed to the saloon, and they
have given evidence that they consider any
means Unsuitable 70 prevent its being built.
Work uponFthe making Of wines in
California is just begun. There are at pres
ent 1864 wine growers in the state, and an
average of $1,000 acres of vines are IN bear
ing estimated at value of $50. OOO,O o. Work
is given to 10000 people in the VINEYARDS,
and the coopering, bottling and boxnnaking
departments. The total vintage for 1881
will sum pl6,70o, 600 Of gallons, distribut,d
Elamenda and Contra Costa, 1,1oO, 1000:
Santa Clara, 1000, 900: Santa Cruz, ,OO0, 600;
Fresno, i, 500, 600; San Joaquine, 100000:
SouthernC alitornia, {, 0OO, 900 Northern Cali.
O,OOl: the smalltinterior counties
combining 100000. Together with the sur.
plus OF 1885 there will be at the closesof the
vintage 2l,6oo,Ooo gall lon Of winein the
made into brandy. - e
A fearful accident occurred on the
Gulf road near Seymour, thirty fves miles
east. The freight train left the track, aud,
the rails spreading, the engine and fourteen
cars fell down a. ffteen-foot enbankment.
The locomotive turned over four times,
Edwards bene ath the cab. Both werestaken
out barely alive Brakeman Scott had his
arms broken; his side crushed in aud his
legs mashed. Engineer Smith had the flesh
iscalded of his back and shoulders, and his
breast bone was crushed in. Fireman
Edwards was scalded, and received internal
injuries from which he will die. Ten cars
OF freight were mashed, causing "a LOSS
amounting to fully $4,000.
Police Inspector Bonfeld with one
orztwo of his men was at the (Chicago,)
Cook county jail and criminal court build
ing at;an early hour, before, the janitors
had done the sweeping. He is reported to
have thoroughly examined the cellars
under the jail, and to have sounded the
wallis and floors to see If they had been
tunnelled. These are presumed to be pre-
cautions looking toward an adverse
decision in the anarchists cases. Assistant
States Attorney Longnecker expressed the
opinion that a new trial would be
given Fielden and Parsons, and that in the
would be affirmed. r. .y..~z. Il
At st. Helena, Louisiana, a. man
named Swearinger walked up to Manhall
Eastey, and discharged both barrels OF his
gun in Eastey's body, but without killing
him. Eastey ran, got a gun, and riddled
Swear1nger with bullets, killing him in
stantly.1 A bystander named Newman also
sued him, unaware Of the fact that both
barrels Of his gun were empty. Newman
fed and he pursued him for some distance,
attempting to- fire his gun, and dropping
dead in the act. Newman, who is tho only
one living OF the trio, is held for murder.
/ September s, was very generally OBJ
served throughout tho country. as Labor
Day, and the various Unions Trades
kAb1oluDIy1 uoN0 ~ q COuQpl0l6 n01U0ys
The PROFESSIONS at New; York and Chicago
had 25,000 men in line,s and at other places
the demonstrations were large Ins New
York and Brooklyn the day was observed
as legal holiday, the banks, stock and
produce exchanges being closed in honor Of
the occasion %E$1T|f ! 81
, The imports Of specie at New York
last week amounted 10 ~, 7l9,6ea, almost
entirely eeld, which 1886 900 came from
South America, and, S2,253, 6B from Europe.
The exports were $50, 976, Of which $4,000
was in gold consigned to South American
ports aud $780, silvers sOf this SS52, 100
went to Europe and 81, 876to South America.
The imports Of <merch' ndise for thslweek
we're $7761 1921 ,Sof which &, 6ss, 800 wsre dry
g g f xqfYSt $500 Ii es.Ss NJ, /
At Catlettsburg, KY, an attempt
was made TO murder A. E. Bush md his
wife, who are shout so years did. About
b O'Clock in tn morning two negroes, or
whites with Backsned faces, entered the
house and,shot MIR Bush Ia tbs foIshead
Iand Mrs. eBush in the body, INJECTING
probably mortal wounds. They Obtained
80 in money. Distractions having been
encountered by freight train, it Is thought
the miscreants hoped to wreck the Ply car.
! m5the furious gale which prevailed
onILake Superior Thursday the schooner
Niagara, from Ashland, Wis. torAshta hula,
Chic 1af1 An wifi nrA was vp,nn14e1 AMI lost